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fu Government or thr tTmrtu States or
America, a. d , 1K50
The Executive.
Millard Fillmore, of N. Y. . President.
William R. King, of Alabama Vice President.
The Cahinti
Daniel Webster, of Mass. Sec. of State.
Thomas Corwin, of Ohio,. . . Sec.oftheTreaa.
William A. Graham, of S. C. Sec. oftheNavy.
Charles M. Conrad, of La. . Sec. of War.
A. H. H Stuart, of Pa. Sec. of Interior.
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l^ATHAN IV. JttAM'i oi 11. i? * iw. ucncrai.
John J. Crittenden, of Ky. Alt. General.
The Judiciary.
supreme col'rt Of the united states.
Roger B. Taney, of Maryland . Chief Justice.
John McLean, of Ohio Associate.
James M. Wayne, of Georgia . . 44
John Catron, of Tennessee ... 44
John McKinlet, of Kentucky 44
Peter V. Daniel, of Virginia . 44
Samuel Nelson, of New York . 44
Levi Woodbury, of N. Hamp. .
Robert C. Grier, of Perm. ... 44
THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Term commenced March 4,1849, and will end March
4, 1851.
Senate.
Number of States represented. 30. 1
President. William R. King.
Secretary. Ashbury Dickens.
Whigs i n Italics; A at ires in Small Capitols; Democrats
in Roman; Those marked F. S. are F*ree Sailers.
Term Te i in
Expires. Expires.
Alabama. Michgan.
Jeremiah Clemens 1853 Lewis Casa 1851
Wm II King 1855 Alpheus Felch 1853
Arkansas. Missouri.
Wm K Sebastian 1853 Thomus H Benton 1851
Solon Horlnnil IftM TL.viil II Ar<-liiu<,ii 1HM
Connecticut. New Hampshire.
Roger S Baldwin 1851 John P Halt (F S) 1853
Truman Smith 1855 Moses Norris, Jr 1855
Delaware. New York
John Wales 1851 Daniel S Dickinson 1851
Presley Spruance 1851 William H Seward 1855
Florida. New Jersey.
David L. Y-ulee 1851 Wm L Dayton 1851
Jackson Morton 1855 Jacob W Miller 1853
Georgia. North Carolina.
John M Berrien 1853 Willie P Mangum 1853
Wm C Dairson 1855 George E Badger 1855
Indiana. Ohio.
Jesse D Bright 1851 Thomas Etcing 1851
J Whitcomb 1855 5 P Chase (F S) 1855
Illinois. Pennsylvania.
Stephen A Douglas 1853 Daniel Sturgeon 1851
James Shields 1855 James Cooper 1850
Iowa. Rhode Island.
George W Jones 1851 Albert C Greene 1851
Aug C Dodge 1855 John II Clarke 1853
Kentucky. South Carolina.
Jos R Underwood 1853 Robt W Barnwell 1853
Henry Clay 1855 A P Butler 1855
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AJUUIHIANAi
Sol U Downs 1853 Hopkins LTurney 1851
PieireSoule 1855 John Bell 1853
Maine., Texas.
Hannibal Hamlin 1851 Thomas J Husk 1851
Jas W Bradbury 1853 Sam Houston 1853
Massachusetts. Vermont.
Robt C Winlkrop 1851 Samuel S Phelps 1851
John Davis 1853 IVilliam Upturni 1853
Maryland. Virginia.
Thomas G Pratt 1851 James M Mason 1851
James Ji Pearce 1855 R M T Hunter 1853
Mississippi Wisconsin.
Jefferson Davis 1851 Henry Dodue 1851
Henry S Foote 1853 Isaac P Walker 1855
California.
_ William M. Gwin,
John C. Fremont.
THE SENATE IN FIGURES.
Democrats. 32
Whigs. 25
FreeSoilers. 3
Total number of members. CO
[ Democratic mtyority. 7
* f Ilo'use of Representatives.
Speaker. Howei.l Cobb.
Clerk. Wm. L. Yovn a
Dist. Arkansas. Mississippi.
J Robert W Johnson I Jacob Thompson
Alabama. 2 W S Fentherston
1 tniliam J Alston 3 Wm McWillie
2 Henry WHilliard 4 A G Brown
3 Sampson W Harris Nebraska.
4 Samuel W. Inge _ ? ?
5 David Hubbard New Jersey.
6 William. R W Cobb 1 Andrew R Hay
7 Francis W Bowden 2 Win A Newell
Connecticut. 3 Isanc Wildrick J
1 Lorenzo P Waldo 4 John Van Dyke
2 Waiter Booth (FS) 5 James G King
3 Chaun'y F Cleveland new Mexico.
i Thnn.nt K RiiJlr>
California. Mew Hampshire
1 .linos Tuck, (F S)
Delaware. 2 Clias H reaslee
" 1 John IP' Houston 3 James Wilson
Florida. 4 Harry Hibbard
1 Edirard C Cabell North Carolina.
Georgia. 1 Thomas L Clingman
1 Joseph W. Jackson iI J I' Caldwell
S M J Welborn' 3 E Deberry
3 Alltn T Owen 4 A N Shepherd
4 H A Haralson 5 A W Veimble
5 Thomas C liackett G W S Ashe
6 Howell Cobb 7 J R J Daniel
j 7 Alexander H Stephens 8 Edward Stanley
8 Robert Toombs 9 David Outlaw
llikojs.
1 Wm H Biased New York.
2 John A McClernand 1 John .1 King
3 Thomas R. Young 2 David I gnkre
4 John Wentworth 3 J Phillips Phitnix j
5 Wm A Richardson 4 Pfalter Underbill
6 Edward D Raker 5 George Rfiggs
7 Thomas L Harris ft James II,-oaks
,Iowa. 7 William Nelson
1 Vacancy 8 R Hallow ay
2 Shepherd Leffler 9 Thomas Mch'issock
Indiana. 10 Herman D Gould
1 Nathaniel Albertson 11 C R Sylvester
2 Cyrus L Dunham 12 Gideon O Reynolds
3 John L Rcbinson 13 John L Schoolcraft
4 Geo W Jii 1 ten (F S) 14 George R Andrews
5 W J Brown 15 J. R. Thurman
6 Willis A Gorman 1ft Hugh White
7 Edward McGaughey 17 H P Alexander
8 Joseph E McDonald 18 Preston King (F S)
9 G A Fitcn 19 Charles E Clarke
*0 Andrew j Harlan 20 Ott Jilaltison
Kf.ntcckt. 21 Hiram Walden
1 Linn Boy 4 22 Henry Burnett
2 J L Johnson 23 William Duer
3 F E McLean 24 Daniel Gott
a ?- a r\.i,i?.oii or. ij ,,
-? VJCUI gt /I V^OIU W VU A>U I IM? IMIiri ?J UUH^rf
5 Jo/in o Thompson 26 W T Jackson
6 Daniel Breck 27 W A Sackett
7 Humphrey Marshall 28 JIMSchermerhorn
8 Charles S Mori head. 29 Robert L Rose
9 John C Mason 30 David Rumsey
|D Rich'd H Stanton 31 E. Risley
Louisiana. 32 E G Spaulding
1 Emile La Sere 33 Harvey Putnam
2 Vacancy 34 L Burrows
3 John R Harmonson Ohio.
4 Isaac E Morse 1 David T Disney
Maine. 2 l.D Campbell(FS)
1 Elhridjje Gerry, 3 Robert C Schenck
2 Nat'I S Lillleheld 4 Moses Corwin
3 John Otis 5 Emery D Potter
4 Rufns k Goodrncnc 6 Atnos E Wood
5 Cullen Sawtelle 7 Jonathan D Morris
6 Charles Stetson, 8 John /. Taylor
7 Thomas J I) Fuller 9 Edson B Olds
Maryland. 10 Charles Sweetzer
1 Richard J Bowie 1] John K Miller
2 Wm T Hamilton 12 Sasnuel F Vinton
3 Edw W Hammond 13 w A Whittlesey
4 Rabert M McLane 14 Nathan Evans
5 Alexander Evans 15 Win F Hunter (F S)
6 John B Kerr 16 Moses Hoagland
Massachusetts 17 Joseph Cable
1 S A Elliot 18 David K Carter
2 Vacancy 19 John Crowell (F 8)
3 James H Duncan 20 Jos R Giddings (F S)
4 Vacancy 21 Joseph M Rout (FS)
5 Charles Allen, [F S] Oregon.
6 George Ashman S R Thurstonf
7 Julius Rockwell Pennsylvania. ]
8 Horace Mann 1 Lewis C Levin
9 Orin Fowler 2 Joseph R Chandler
10 Josenh GrtnneU 3 Henry D Moore
Michisan. 4 John Bobbins, jr*
1 A W lluell 5 John Fretdley
Win Sprague, (F 8) 6 Thomas Ross
R S Bingham 7 Jesse C Dickey
Minnesota. 8 Tkaddeus Stevens
H H Sibleyf 9 William Strong
Missouri. 10 M M Dimmick
1 James B. Bowlin 11
8 Wm N Bay 12 David Wilmot (FS)
3 James 8 Green 13 Joseph Casey j
4 Willard P Hall 14 Charles W Pitman
If oho 8 Pbelpt 15 ? j
V
16 Jas X McLanahan 11 Chris'r It W Miami
17 Samuel Calvin Texas.
16 A Jackson Ogle 1 David KauAnan '
19 Job Mann 2 Volney E Howard
20 RR Reed firm. c
21 Mosei Hampton ? ? <i
22 John W Howe (F 8) Velmont. *
23 James Thompson 1 Win Henry
24 Alfred Gilmore 2 Wm Hebard <
RnoDE Island. 3 James Meacham (
1 George G King 4 Lucius B Peck '
2 Ahthan Dixon Virginia.
South Carolina. 1 John S Millson
J Daniel Wallace 2 Richard K Meade (
2 J L Orr 3 Thomas H Averett t
3 J A Woodward 4 Thomas S Bocock a
4 John McQueen 5 Paulus Powell I
5 Arm imparl Rnrf is tumno a i
6 Isaac E Holmes 7 Thorns H Bayly I
7 W F Colcock 8 Alex R Holliuay
Tennessee. 9 Jeremiah Morton i
1 Andrew Johnson 10 Richard Parker
2 Albert G Walking 11 James McDowell <
3 Josiah M.Inderson 12 H A Edrnundson 1
4 John H. Savage 13 FM'Mullen i
5 Geo W Jones 14 J M H Beale I
6 James H Thomas 15 Thomai S Haymoml |
7 Meredith P Gentry Wisconsin. i
8 Andrew Ewing 1 Chas Durkee, (F S)
9 Isham G Harris 2 Orgasm us Cote
10 Fred'k P Stanton 3 James D. Doty. j
California. i
Geotge W. Wright, I
Edward Gilbert.
Contested by Mr. Littell.
t Delegates from the Territories. I
the house in figures.
Democrats
Whigs and Natives 101
Free-Soilers 14
Vacancies 5
Total, exclusive of Delegates 231
Should the vacancies be filled as before, and
dividing the Free Soilers into Democrats and
Whigs, as they are on all other questions but that
of the territories, the House will be as follows :?
Democrats 117
Whigs 114
Democratic majority 3
The General Result in Figures
Old Parties. Free-Soil. Vacancies.
States. Whig. Dem. Whig. Dem. Whig. Dem'
Arkansus ? 1 ? ? ? ?
Alabama 2 5 ? ? ? ?
Connecticut 12 ? ? ?
Delaware 1 ? ? ?? ?
Florida I ? ? ? ? ?
Georgia 3 5 ? ? ? ?
Illinois 1 6 ? ? ? ?
Indiana 18 ? 1 ? ?
Iowa ? 1 ? ? ? 1
Louisiana ? 3 ? ? 1 ?
Maine 2 5 ? ? ? ?
Maryland s 3 3 ? ? ? ?
Massachusetts 7 ? 1 ? 2 ?
Michigan ? 2 1 ? ? ?
Mi Kami ri ? ? ?
Mississippi ? 4 ? ? ? ?
New York 32 1 ? I ? ?
New Jersey 4 1 ? ? ? ?
N. Hampshire 12 1 ? ? ?
N. Carolina 6 3 ? ? ? ?
Ohio 5 11 5 ? ? ?
Kentucky 6 4 ? ? ? ?
Pennsylvania 14 b 11 ? ?
Rhode Island 2 ? ? ? ? ?
S. Carolina ? 7 ? ? ? ?
Tennessee 4 7 ? ? ? ?
Texas ? 2 ? ? ? ?
Virginia 2 13 ? ? ? ?
Vermont 3 1 ? ? ? ?
Wisconsin 11 ? 1 ? ?
Total 102 111 9 5 3 1
Democratic majority in the 31st Congress 3
Whig majority in the 30th Congress 5
Democratic gain 8
Aspect of Congress. *
ir7,iff. Dem.
Exclusive of Free-soilers 102 111
Free-soilers 9 5
Vacancies 3 1
(Total 114 117
Actunt Democratic majority 3
Free and Slave Stale Classification.
Whig. Dem. Free-soil.
Free States 75 51 14
Slave States 30 61 ?
Total 105 112 14
n?NLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL.? <
Vj The Committee on Public Buildings of the 1
Senate, having been authorized by a resolution of <
that body, " to invite plans accompanied by esti- t
mntes for the extension of the Capitol, and to al- 1
low a premium of five hundred dollars for the
plan which may be adopted by the Committees on |
Public Buildings of the two Houses of Congress," <
accordingly invite such plans and estimates, to be i
delivereu to the Secretary of the Senate on or before
the first day of December next.
It is required that these plans and estimates
shftll provide for the extension of the Capitol,
either by additional wings, to be placed on the
north and south of the present building, or by the i
erection of a separate and distinct building, within i
the enclosure to the east of the building.
The committee do not desire to prescribe any |
condition, that may restrain the free exercise of
architectural taste and judgment, but they would (
tjrefer, that whatever plan may be proposed muv i
lave such reference to and correspondence with i
the present building as to preserve the general i
symmetry of the entire structure, when complete.
Although but one plan can be udopted, the com- |
mittee reserve to themselves the right to form such ,
plan by the adoption of parts of ditferent plans
submitted, should such course be fbund necessary; in
which event, the committee also reserve,to themselves
the right to divide or apportion, according
to their own judgment, the amount of premium to
be awarded for the whole, to those whose plans
may in part be adopted, according to the relative
importance and merit of each part adopted.
R. M. T. HUNTER,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
1 JOHN H. CLARKE,
Committee of the Senate on Public Buildings.
Senate Chamber, 30th September, J850.
N. B. The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secretary
of the Senate. oct 4
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND
OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
Revolutionary war, or their legal representatives.
Pensions for life, for the widows of such
cers and soldiers who married previous to 1800.
Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows,
or minor children of deceased officers and privates,
who served in the war of 1812 with Great Britain,
the Mexican war, or in any of the Indiun
wars, since 1790.
Attention paid to suspended and rejected claims.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
oil erwise no charge.
Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, D. C., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON',
Commissioner of Deeds for North and South
Carolina.
Refer to the heads of Departments, and to
members of Congress generally.
Oct 4?twtf
STEELE'S FASHIONABLE HAT
HOUSE.
Charleston, South Carolina.
m tit F STTIlSrnim.'tt ?
S ment being one of the most extensive
^B^kand fashionable retail HAT HOUSES
Charleston, the public may depend
on finding there a superior as? ortmenl of all the
latest styles of Hats for this fall. Fine French 1
Moleskin and Beaver Hats, with an extensive
variety of fine black, and blue cloth Caps for gen ,
tlemens, youths, and children.
TO SOUTHERN PLANTERS.
Planters can be supplied with Hats and Caps
for plantation and house servants. Black, white,
pearl, and drab water-proof Wool Hats with good i (
nair and coarse cloth Caps.
W.STEELE,
Fashionable Hatter, 231 King, opposite Hazel
street, Charleston,17?
J. Knox Walker, s
Jlllornt y at La:e and General rfgent, I
OFFERS his services in his profession and as J
Agent lor the Prosecution and Collection of *
Claims before Congress and the Departments, also for ?
obtaining Patents.
All business confided to him will be promptly attended
to. j!7 tf
SOUTHERN CENTRAL i
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. ;
T4IE Fif.h Annual Fair of the Southern Cent,
1 ral Agricultural Association, will beheld 1
luring the week embracing Wednesday, the 14th
lay of August next, which is the day of the fifth
innual meeting at Atlanta Georgia i
The Committee charged with the duty of pre<- i
ribing such general rules as they may deem no- I
pessary to a proper management of the approaching <
p'air, have adopted the following 1
General Regulations. 1
1st The Fair Grounds and Buildings will be 1
>pened for visitors on Monday morning, and con- '
inue open until Friday evening, n is uiereiore ae* i
arable that ail persons having- articles forexhibi- j
ion, shall be on the ground as earJy as Friday or
Saturday, the 9th and 10th August when a Committee
will be there ready to receive them.
lid. The Association has an ample fund, and will,
n all cases, become responsible for the sale-keeping
)i articles which may be placed in the hands of its^
.dicers and committees, (the owner taking a check
for the same,) until the close of the Fair, which
will be announced beforehand, in ample time to
;ive them op.ortunty to recover their goods, and
to prevunt thereby the leaving of any goods or
articles unprotected after the adjournment of the
Association.
3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Peters, David W.
Lewis, Wm. Ez/.ard, and James M-Calhoun, are
appointed a committee whose duty it shall be to see
that all articles entering the fair grounds for exhiition,
shall have first been enteredin the Secretary 's
book or registry?then labelled w th the owner'sname
and residence?and price, if for sale?giving
to the owner a corresponding card?and then classified
and arranged by departments, and in such order
as to facilitate the labors of the several committees
on premiums; and also to employ such police and
doorkeepers and clerks, as Shall be necessary for
the protection of the grounds and buildings, and
such clerks as they may need in the arrangement
and labelling of articles.
4th. There will positively be required, in all
cases, a minute and accurate written statement
illustrating and explaining every article tent for
exhibition?the statement to be delivered to the
Secretary. For instance, if a Machine, a statement
of is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, and
any other fact deemed valuable by the inventor or
maker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products,
ntcde of preparation of land and soil, manure and
time of planting, mode ofcultivalion. If an Animal,
the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &c. If
Needle-work or Painting, or any work of Art, the
length of time bestowed on it, or the amount of
labor; the age, if by children or fery old persons
tl.e value, uses, &.c. Since this is the most reliable
mode of collecting such information as may be
worth publishing in the transactions of the Society,
visitors, patrons and members, all will take notice,
that a premium will not be awarded to any article,
whatever its merit, unless accompanied by
illustrative and explanatory statements, made out
iu legible hand, and in a style lit at once for the
press.
5th. The delegations of the sorveral county Societies
are requested and enjoined to make out, upon
consulation, a report of the present condition of
Agriculture in their several counties, of the improvements
in farming, tillage, draining and manuring,
which have been or are in progress of being
adopted Tlte leading products of their couutiees
ihe modes of preparation, time of planting and modofcultivalion.
Tlte means and measures of preserving
and increasing the fertility of lands. Accurate
Agricultural memoirs from the serveral county
societies would make up an amount of valuable
information to be sent out in the published transactions
of the Society.
Gth. It is desirable to make the Pair a Central
Southern Agricultural andMLnufacturcrsExchange
Wh request individuals who have a surplus of
choice articles, or who make them for sale?such
as choice setds, machines, stock, Sw.?to carry
them there for sale, and not alone for exhibition for
a premium.
7th. Premiums.?It is impossible to name in a notice
like this all, the various articles to which premiums
will be granted. However comprehensive
we might make any enumerated list there would
still be many articles of merit offered which would
not be embraced in it, and vet richlv deserving
premiums, leal therefore the announcement of premiums
for particular articles might be construed by
somcintoBn exclusion ofall articles unannounced,
the Committee requests the people generally to
observe, that it is intended to eive the action of
the Association tho very wides.'jcope, embracing
svery thing that is ingenious or useful in business
or art. All then, with whatever they have for sale
or exhibition, are invited to come. The only
regulation further necessary on this point perhaps
is, that, on all articles of the highest merit in the
department of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Implements,
and valuable improvement or inventions
in any of the departments, a premium of a cup
worth $ 10 will be given ; on the second best arti:!es
a cup worth $ 5 will be given, on the third best
^ 2. 50 ; on the fourth an honor. And on all articles
of the highest merit in the remaining depart |
men Is a cup worth $ 5 will be given ; on the second
Dest $ 2. 50 ; on the third an honor; on the fourth,
2d honor. On miner nnd miscellaneous articles,
premiums from one to three dollars?these, however,are
general regulations, and in particular case
cr cases of peculiar merit the committees will be
permitted, Indeed arc requested, to vary the rule.
8th. A hall will he prepared .and assigned particularly
to the Ladies lor their garden prouuets,
fruits, flowers paintings, needlo-work, &c. They
are cordially invited to attend. Their assistance
in many departments of the fair is absolutely necessary
to a proper management
9th. The facilities of getting *o this central
point induce us to invite, and to expect the presence
and contributions of many of our fellow
citizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida.
Wc hope they will unite with us in making
this institution indeed, what it is in name, a Southern
Central Agricultural Association.
10th. The Piesident upon a consultation with
such members as he can call to his aid, shall appoint
committees and assign to them their respective departments,
and to these committees so appointed
the committee of reception shall furnish lists of the
aiticles classed and arranged in their respective
departments. In order to the perfection of this
arrangement, the committee appointed to publish
these regulations, will fore repeat, and enjoin
upon all to take notice that articles for exhibition
may be received and nrranged on Friday and Saturday
the 9th and 10th of August, so that when
the President shall appoint his committees on
Monday morning, the committee of reception may
have their lists of articles, and the several committees
proceed at once to the examination of articles,
and thereby have ample lime to make their
reports to the annual meeting on Wednesday, i
Thursday will be devoted to sales?Friday to gen-1
eral re-delivery of articles. The exhibition continuing
the whole time. ~
1,1th. Any alterations of, or additions to, the
foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta early
Monday morning of the Fair week.
12th. The annua! oration will be made on
WednesdHV. the iIhv .-if llie A nnivnfiiiru I
. j ' v ??-j i
immediately preceding the reports of jomiuitleee,
by Col. John Billups, of Athene, Georgia.
13th. The Committee have the prospect of
making arrangements with the Mucon, Slate and
Georgia Railroads, to run accommodation cars
early every morning and late in the afternoon, to
Griffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,
to give visitors the opportunity of the accommodations
of the good Hotels at those places while in
attendance upon the Fair.
14th. The citizens of Atlanta have provided
comfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,
and others engaged in the laborious business of \
the lair.
loth. The Secretary is directed to publish ,
these regulations in the Cultivator, nnd to pro- j
cure as far as practicable their publication in the
weekly papers of this and the anjoioing States. ,
By order of the Committee of Arrangements. ,
DAVID W. LEWIS,
Sec'y Southern Central Agricultural Association. <
Sparta, 25th June, 1850. !
MATH EWES & ROPER,
Factorsnnd Commission Merchants, for Cotton, |
Rice, Bugging small country Produce, Vaulerhorst's
Whar<\ Charleston, S. C | '
FERDINAND MOULTON,
ATTORNfcv AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, 1 |
Will practice in the several courts in the District, c
and attend to the prosecution of claims j |
Mgainst the Government. a
Office corner of E and 7th streets, opposite the
jreneral Post Office. ^
2aw,tf ' *
FOR THE SPRINGS
LADIES retiring to the springs Or country, will j
find at PARKER'S, just opening, a fresh i
upply of Toilette Articles, such as very superior J
JAYkUM,COLOGNE,in bottles andon draught,j '
SAU LUSTRAL, OX MARROW, DKNTI-! .
'RICE,&c.,COMB, HAIR, TOOTH,and NAIL ' 0
1RUSHES, at I "
PARKER S P
FanetfComb and Perfumery Store, "
aug. 8. Penn. Av. near National Hotel
~~ PROiPKCTui* ~ i
or
" THE SOUTHERN PRESS."
An association of sixty-three Members of Concrem,
Senators and Representatives, have constituted the
indersigned a Committee to superintend the estailishmcnt
of a Southern Press at Washington Citv, 1
to be devoted to the ex|>ositioii and defence of Southern
Rights and institutions?the dissemination of
sorreet information as to Northern Policy, and the
course of Political u Hairs generally, without reference
to the old party lines ?f W hig and Democrat. Ar- |
rangements are now in progtess, promptly to ensure |
the issue of suuh a pajier under the title of
"THE SOUTHERN PRESS,"
for the conduct of which, suitable Editors have been ,
engaged, who will also receive the aid of a number 1
ol eminent and and able contributors.
'I here will be a daily, a tri-weekly, and a weekly j
issue?the latter to contain substantially, the saute
matter as the former, and intended to reach those
points of the country whose mail facilities are limited.
The paper will not be txelutioely political?but
will embrace on its broad sheet the General News of
the day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and telegraph
\ Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence,
Literary Criticisms, Original Essays, Literary and
Miscellaneousj and, in short, all those items of
<renersl interest the collected airirreirate of which I
constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspaper.
Great care will be t<iken to give full and correct
Reports of the Proceedings and Debates in both
Mouses of Congress, as well as the action of the
local Legislatures ou the Southern question.
A. limited number only of Advertisements will be
cceived?the main object being to furnish a large
amount of reading matter.
The papr r will be printed on a sheet equal in size
to those of the other Washington papers, and the material
will be procured especially for the purpose.
It is confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward
the names, with the amount subscribed, to some
Southern Hepresentative at Washington, forthwith.
Postmasters are authorised by law to remit subscriptions
tree of postage
Terms.
For Daily?the price will be per annum, ?10,<X)
For Tri-weekly during the Session of Congress,
and Semi-weekly during the recess, - 5 00
Weeklv paper, - -- -- -- - - -.200
The price of subscription must be paid invariably
in cdvance, and the cash accompanying the nauic
sent.
All persons procuring ten names shall be entitled to
receive a copy gratia lor one year.
A. P. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON,
K. TOOMBS,*
J. THOMPSON.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
THE next annual session of this Institution will
commence on the 2d Wednesday in October.
FACULTY.
The Right Rev. John Johns, D. D., President
and Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Judge Beverly Tuck En, Professor of Municipal
and Constitutional Law.
Benjamin S. Ewkli., Professor of Mathematics
and Astronomy.
Morgan J. Smead, Ph. D. Professor of Humanity.
William F. Hopkins, A. M., Professor o
Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.
H. A. Washington, A. M., Professor of History
und Political Economy.
Rev. Silas Totten, D. D,, Professor of Intellectual
Philosophy, Belles Lettres, and Rhetoric.
There are two courses of study for undergraduates?the
regular course for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, and a Science course, occupying two
years. Candidates for admission to the Science
course will be expected to produce the written request
of their parents or guurdiuns. Students not
desiring to join a regular class may, for special
reasons, be admitted to study with the regular
classes, in those branches which, on examination,
they niay be found qualified to pursue.
The necessary College expenses range between
?186 and ?196 per annum.
Circulars will be forwarded to all who may desire
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rU? GRAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
OF 1841.
MEETING or THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE rot THE ONITED
STATE#.
Pursuant to the notice riven, the Central CommitCmctft
al the room# of the National institute, in the
teat Office, on Thursday evening, the 19th instant,
it 8 o'clock.
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K. Johnson, on w hose motion Col. Peter Force
was called to the Chair, and Charles F. Slanbury
:ho#en Secretary of the meeting.
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[he committee proceeded to organize permanently by
[he appointmens of the Hon. Millard Fillmore, Vice
president of the United States, Chairman, and Prof.
IValter R. Johnson Secretary.
At the the request of the Chairman, (Col. Force,) 1
he following pa|iers were read by Prof. Johnson, in
ixplanation of the appointment and duties of the 1
loinmittec : i
State Department,
Washington, May 17, 1850.
To the J\evident of the National Inetitule
for the Promotion of Science.
Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit coties
of a correspondence which has taken place be- i
ween the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty i
he t^ueen of Great Britain and this Department relaive
to the proposed Industrial Exhibition to be held
n London in the year 1851.
From the circular of the Koyal Commissioners of
Ureal Britain, hereto annexed, it w ill be observed that (
ill objects intended to tie introduced from foreign
.ountrics and entered for that Exhibition are required
:o have been first submitted to and approved by a caudal
authority or commission of the c iuutry from
which they shall be brrought, and thit no other will
lie recognized as a central authority except such as
hall have been so certified by the Uoveriuneut of the
:ountry in which it exists.
That American industry and arts may be enabled to
ippear in the place allotted to them, it will be indispensable
that a recognized central authority should be
constituted ; and 1 am under the impression that the
National Inqjitute, having been regularly incorporated
by act of Congress, and being habitually engaged in
matters pertaining to the arts und sciences, is the
proper body for taking the initiative in constituting
?ueh a central authority.
1 therefore beg leave to submit to its consideration
the interesting and important subject which has been
brought to the attention of this Department by the
listinguished Envoy of her Majesty's Government,
uid to request such action or suggestions as may seem
necessary in order that the uatural productions, the
ingenuity, industry, and arts of the United States
may be fully and suitably represented on the interesting
occasion herein referred to.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours,
JOHN M CLAYTON.
This communication was laid before the National
Institute, and by it referred to a select committee,
which brought lorward the following report:
tcport qf Hit Committee qf the National Institute:
The special committee, to which was referred
the communication from the Hon. John M. Clay
ton, Secretary of State, relative to the formation
of a central authority for transmitting articles to
the Industrial Exhibition to be held in London in
1851, offers the following report:
The committee, impressed wi ll the importance
of fbe subject commended to the Institute, have
given to it their earnest and careful attention.
The resources, the ingenuity, the industry, and
arts of the United States are conceived to merit
he best eddeavors to procure for thctn the oppor
f.- _ -r u_: a_i_. a . i t_ .i_ _
uuiitcb ui uemg auccjuaioi) represented in me
great Industrial Exhibition at London.
Agpreeably to the programme a (looted by the Royal
Commission, no article* are to he received from
Foreign Exhibitors except those whieli shall have
been approved by a central authority, recognized as
such by the Government of the country from which
they are sent.
This Institute being the only Society for the Prootion
of Science and the Arts, directly incorporated
by the Government, the Secretary of Stafe has deemed
it the appropriate body to take action or make suggestions
relative to the fulfilment of the wishes of the
Royal Commissioners, by the establishment of such a
neutral authority as the case seems to require.
To this voluntary proposal on the part of the Secretary
of State, the committee consider the National I
Institute in duty bound to respond.
In accordance with this view, the committee respectfully
recommend the following resolution :
1. Resolved, That the Institute will take action
on the subject submitted to it by the Department of
State.
2. lie solved, That the Institute do now proceed 1
to constitute a committee suitable to be recognised by 1
tbc Government as a central body to hold correspond- '
:nce with the British Commissioners, and to secure
the reception of American productions at the proposed
[adustrial Kxhibition in London.
PETER FORCE, . j
JOSEPH HENRY, |
WALTER R JOHNSON, S- Committee.
J. J. GREENOUGH,
CHARLES WII-KES, J
national institute,
Washington, May 27, 1850.
Stn : I have the honor to make known to the De- 1
nrtinent of State the action which this Institute has
aken on the subject ot your communication of the '
17th instant. That action is comprised in the follow- I
ng resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis- !
mssioi. at the ineet<ng held this evening. '
"Resolved, That the Institute will take action on t
he subject submitted to it by the Department ol 1
State.
" Resolved That the Institute do now proceed to 1
he Government to hold correspondence with the ;
Iritis li Commissioners, and to seeurc the reception of ,
tnicricsn productions at the proposed Industrial Exlibit
ion in London.
"Resolved, That a committee of not less than nine- f
cen be appointed to constitute a Central Committee t
>n the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with
ocieties and local committees throughout the U nited ;
dates.
"Resolved, That the President of this Institute be
member of the Central Committee.
"Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary com- '
tunicate to the Secretary of State a copy of the fore- c
oing resolutions, together with the names of the *
Central Committee." - I
The following are the names of the members ol
lie Central Committee appointed in accordance with c
he foregoing resolutions: _ t
Ion. Millard Fillmore, Vice President of the United
States, ami ex officio Chancellor of the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution.
Jol. Peter Forcc, President of the National Insti- e
tute. r
Ion, James A Pearee, U.S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Ion. Levi Woodbury, M. N I., Associate Justice ol |(
the Supreme Court of the United States,
loinmodore Lewis Warrington, U. S. N., M. N. I.,
Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. a
'rof. Joseph Henry, Vice President of the N. I., Secretary
of the Siniihsouiau Institute. 1
rot. Walter R. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary ol 8
the National Institute. 'I
'rof. Alexander D. Bache, M. N. I., member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Superintendent of the Coast Survey.
'omraandcr Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., M. N. I., late
Commander S. S. Exploring Expedition.
Ion. William W. Seaton, M. N. I., Mayor of Washington.
Ion. Jefferson Davis, U S Senate, member of the n
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
.ieut. Matthew F. Maury, U. S. N., Vice President
of the National Institute, and Superintendent of the
Na'ional Obssorvatory.
, James (ireenough, Esq., M. N. 1.
harlea F. Stansburv, Esq., Recording Secretary of
the National Institute.
ol. J. J. Abert, M. N. I., Chief of the Topographical
Bureau. ,
or. II T..H?n v:..? T? 1 . -VI I . Ill
v.. . v.*..-.., ..K.ucm I , ^mei (1
Engineer. U S. Army. .
homas Ewbank, Esq . Commissioner of Patents. ,
'illiain Easby, Esq., Treasurer National Institute,
ronaril P. Gale, M. P., M. N. I., Examiner ol P.1
Patents. I"
weph C. G. Kennedy, Esq., M. N. I., Superintcn- P'
dent of Census.
a C. Seaman, Esq., M.N.I. til
I have the honor to be n<
Very respect fully, your ob't servt,
WALTER "H. JOHNSON,
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute. T
Hon. John iM. Clayton, Secretary of State. X
Department or State,
Washington, June 8, 1850. ^
Sir-: I have duly received your letter of tlie 27th Ai
imo, communicating to tins Department the pro- g(
dings of the National Institute on the subject of my
te of the 17th of the same month. Those proceed- 8,f
rs appear to me#to be perfectly satisfactory ; and I cc
ve accordingly transmitted them to the British Min- wj
er in this city, with the communication, a copy of
uch is enclosed for your information. aa
I am, sir, respectfully, yonr ob't serv't,
JOHN M.CL.AYTON. ~
Walter N. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding
Secretary of the National Institute.
Department or State,
Washington, Junt 1,1850. an
Sir : I have the honor to transmit to you herewith
opy of the correspondence which has passed be- *3?
een this Department and the National Institute for 1711
i Promotion of Science, respecting the organization Tf
a committee to constitute the central authority re- fict
ired by the regulations of the Kojal Commission on C
V
the proposed Industrial Exhibition, u> correspond with
them in London, and with societies, local committees,
and individuals in this country, and to sanction the
forwarding of articles applicable to the exhibition.
1 need hardly say to you, sir, that the proceedings
of the National Institute, as set forth in this correspondence,
meet the approbation of the Department, which
has full confidence in the committee named by that
Institute.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you
the assurance of my high and distinguished con
sidexution. JOHN M. CLAYTON.
Might Honorable Sir H. L. Bulwer, &c.
Extract from the Circular of the Royal Commitdoners.
"The Commissionera have felt that it would be
desirable, as fur as possible, to prevent nnv nor.
sons from sending hither articles which cannot be
admitted, rather than to reject the article* after
their arrival in London. They feel also that the
delicate and responsible task of deciding <m the
admission or rejection of articles destined for exhibition
by foreign contributors ought not to be imposed
upon any Fnglish tribunal, but should be
referred to one jving the confidence of the exhibitors
their sc. ves, anu standing entirely free from
possibk ..iputations of national partiality. They
accc- rngly propose to admit to exhibition such
foreign articles only as niuy be forwurded to them
by the Central Authority (whatever niay be its
nature) in each country. They will communicate
to such Central Authority the umount of epaee
which can be allowed to the productions of the
countty for which it acts, and will also state the
conditions and limitations which may from time
to time be decided on with respect to the admisston
of articles. All articles forwurded by such Central
Authority will then be admitted, provided they
do not require a greater aggregate amount of
space than that assigned to the productions of the
country from which they come; and, provided,
also, tnut they do not violate the conditions and
limitations ot which due notice shall have been
given. It will rest with the Central Authority in
each country to decide upon the merits of the
several articles presented for exhibition, and to
,?a* iiuv uu? muoc ? iikii arc nrm are SUCH as
fairly represent the industry of their fellow-countrymen.
" Her Majesty's Commissioners will consider
that to be the Central Authority in each case xrklck
is stated to be so by the Government of its country.
Having once been put in communication with a
Central Authority in any country, they must de
cline, absolutely and entirely, any communication
with private and unauthorized ^individuals ; and,
should any such be addressed to them, they can
only refer to a central body. This decision is
essentially necessary, in order to prevent concision.
? No articles of foreign manufacture, to whomsoever
they may belong, or wheresoever they nmy
be, can be admitted tor exhibition unless they
come with the sanction of the Central Authority
of the country of which they ore the produce.
The Commissioners do not insist upon such articles
being in all cases actually forwarded by the
Central Authority, though they consider that this
would generally lie the most satisfactory arrangement
; out it is indispensable that the sanction of
such authority should in all cases he expressly
given, and that it be held responsible for the fitness
of such urticles for exhibition, and for not
authorizing the exhibition of a greater quantity
than can be accommodated in the space assigned
to the productions of the country in question."
A full discussion was then hud of the subject
thus laid before the committee, and, on motion of
the Hon, W. W. Seaton, it was?
Resolved, That the Committee of five first charged
with this subject by the Institute (substituting
Mr. Kennedy for Mr. Greenough, who is absent)
be an Executive Committee to take all necessary
steps to carry out the views of the general com
mittee.
The following gentlemen constitute the Execu
five Committee : Col. Peter Force, Prof. "Walter
R. Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C". G. Kennedy,
Escp, Capt. Charles Wilkes.
On motion?
Resolved, That the Secretary he requested to
prepare the proceedings of this meeting for publication.
And the Committee adjourned.
CHARLES F. STANSBURY.
Secretary of the Meeting.
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Greally Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns ot
matter. It is, moreover, in an
Entirely A Vic Dress
'from head to foot," and upon beauttfUI wnire
fiaper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it is no'
mrpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States! It continues under the same Editorial
lirection as heretofore, and no pains or expense
vill be spared to make it
.1 rl,ni*' \
-- ? v.nujjajin ,
'us cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the
jest!" Utterly discarding the notion that a
Southern journal cannot compete with the North*
>rn weeklies, in cheapness and interest,
The Southern Literary Gazelle
ivaln the best of them in all the characteristics of
i truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim is the
litl'usion of cultivated and refined taste through.:?*
he community?and it embraces in its ample
bids ever species of intelligence that can tend to
his result.
Original Contributions,1,
rom many of the ablest writers in the South,
hietiy occupy its columns, but not to the excluiion
of choice miscellany, selected from the best
American and European sources.
The tone of the "Gazette" is independent ??
riticism and in the discussion of every legitimate
opic, but it is strictly
Mistral in Politics antl Religion !
Its columns are occasionally embe'lislied with
Southern Portruils and La-dsenpcs,
ngraved expressly for the woWr, and aceompalied
by biographical and 'op ?grapliical sketches.
lis General Information
s copious, but caiefully condensed from the
ending journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
nd attractions of the paper, it is still published at
Two Dollars Per ?innum, in Mr once !
t will be furnished to persons becoming responible
for the whole number of copies, and having
hern sent to one address, on the following terms :J
Three copies, $5
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
2d5* All orders must be accompanied with the
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F<y> merly Solicitor of the General Land Office
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court 01
e United States, in the Courts of the District 01
olumhia, Marylnnd and Virginia, to prosecute
aims of all kinds against the United States, eier
before Congress or any of the Executive Delrtments,
and to procure letters patent for invenjns.
Business confided to his care, will be
omptly attended to.
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of claims before the Brazilian Commission
>w sitting in Washington
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